Selected Publications

Progress in Application of the Neurosciences to an
Understanding of Human Learning: The Challenge of Finding a Middle-ground
Neuroeducational Theory.O. R.Anderson. International Journal of Science
and Mathematics Education. (DOI) 10.1007/s10763-013-9455-3.2013.

The
Role of amoeboid protists and the microbial community in moss-rich terrestrial
ecosystems: Biogeochemical implications for the carbon budget and carbon cycle,
especially at higher latitudes.O. R.
Anderson. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55:145-150. 2008.

Ultrastructure
of Diplophrys parva, a New Small Freshwater Species, and a
Revised Analysis of Labyrinthulea (Heterokonta).O. R. Anderson and T. Cavalier-Smith.Acta Protozoologica. 51: 291-304. 2012.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
American Botanical Society
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Microscopical Society
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research (Fellow)
Freshwater Biological Institute (Cumbria, Great Britain)
National Association of Biology Teachers
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
New York Academy of Sciences
Sigma Xi Scientific Society
Society of Protozoologists
The Oceanography Society (Charter Member)

The biology of radiolaria: A view from the present toward the past. British Micropaleontological Society, Special Session. London, England. July, 1986.

Biomineralization in Radiolaria and other Protista, Yale University. New Haven, Conn. March 3, 1989.

A model of Scientific Literacy, Columbia University. University Seminars. March 29, 1990.

An Hierarchical-Network Model of Information Processing Applied to Science Education Knowledge Acquisition. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Athens GA. April, 1990.

Neurocognitive Models of Information Processing, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, May 9, 1990.

Experimental and Laboratory Studies of the Physiological Ecology of Radiolaria. Society of Protozoologists Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD. June, 1990.

The role of Protista in Marine Food Webs. National Association of Biology Teachers.Autumn meeting. Houston, TX. 1990.

An Interdisciplinary Conceptual Framework and Taxonomy of Thanatological Perspectives. Thanatological Society, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia Univ. Feb. 13, 1991.

A triphasic Model of the Teaching-Learning Environment Based on Constructivist Principles. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Fontana, Wisconsin, April, 1991.

The Effects of Text Composition on Student Organization of Science Content using a Hierarchical-network Model of Analysis. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Fontana, Wisconsin, April, 1991.

The Effects of Silicate Deficiency and Replenishment on the Growth and Fine Structure of the testate amoeba Netzelia tuberculata. North eastern Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists. Hamden Conn. May, 1991.

A Fine Structural Analysis of Developmental Stages During Transformation from Sclerotium to Plasmodium in Physarum polycephalum. Society of Protozoologists. Bozeman, Montana, June, 1991.

The Effects of Cycloheximide on the Development of Physarum polycephalum During Reversion from Sclerotium to Plasmodium. Society of Protozoologists. University of British Columbia, VanCouver, B.C. July, 1992.Planktonic Foraminifera. Northeastern Regional Meeting of Society of Protozoologists. Oneonta, New York, 1993.

The Effects of Heat Shock on Development of Plasmodia from Sclerotia in Physarum polycephalum. Northeastern Regional Meeting of Society of Protozoologists. Oneonta, New York, June, 1993.

Ecology of Radiolaria and Water Mass Indicator Properties. IX International Congress of Protozoology. Berlin, Germany, July 24-30, 1993.

The Cytoplasmic Origin and Secretion of Siliceous Structures in Sarcodine Protists. American Institute of Biological Sciences, Ames, Iowa. August 3, 1993.

Neurocognitive Bases for Constructivism in Education: A neurobiological, cognitive and cultural perspective. International Conference on Education and Thinking. March, 1999, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Secondary School Students’ Preferences and Gender Differences in Evaluating Laboratory Learning Experiences in a Museum School. Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. March, 1999, Boston, MA.

Domain Specific and General Dimensions of the Nature of Science: Issues Pertinent to Assessment in Science Education. O. R. Anderson. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. New Orleans, LA, April, 2000.

Presence and Enumeration of Viral-like Particles in Aureococcus anophogefferens during a brown-tide bloom in Barnegat Bay, N. J. M. D. Gastrich and O. R. Anderson Society of Protozoologists and American Society of Parasitologists. San Juan, Puerto Rico. June, 2000.

Major Protistan Composition of a Brown Tide Bloom in Barnegat Bay, N. J. During the Summer of 1999. O. R. Anderson and M. D. Gastrich. Society of Protozoologists and American Society of Parasitologists. San Juan, Puerto Rico. June, 2000.

A Biocomplexity Model of Protistan Communities in Soils and Marsh Substrata with an Emphasis on the Sarcodines. Society of Protozoologists, Eastern Section Annual Meeting. Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. May 7-9, 2002.

Biotic Complexity, Niche Theory, and the Role of Stress in Eukaryotic Microbial Community Structure - A Focus on Amoeboid Protists. Society of Protozoologists, Eastern Section Annual Meeting. University of Maryland, Baltimore, June 6—8, 2003.

Experimental Studies of the Relative Effects of Leaf Litter from Four Hardwood Trees on Protozoan Community Productivity. Annual Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists. Bryant College, Rhode Island. June 2-6, 2004.

A Method for Estimating Volume-based Carbon Content Of Amoebae: Application to the Fractional Analysis of Carbon in Amoebae within Some Aquatic and Terrestrial Communities. Society of Protozoologists, Northeastern Section Meeting. Russell-Sage College. New York June 6-8, 2006.

The Role of amoeboid protists and the microbial community in moss-rich terrestrial ecosystems: Biogeochemical implications for the carbon budget and carbon cycle, especially at higher latitudes. International Society of Protistologists, Annual Meeting, Kingston, R. I. August, 2007.

Field and Laboratory Studies of Encysted and Trophic stages of Naked Amoebae: Including a Perspective on Population Life Cycle Dynamics. International Society of Protistologists. Roger Williams University, Rhode Island. Spring, 2009.

138.Fine structure of the
marine amoeba Vexillifera telmathalassa collected from a coastal site
near Barbados with a description of salinity tolerance, feeding behavior and
prey.O. R. Anderson.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.41:124-128, 1994.

168. A case study analysis of the development of knowledge
schema, ideational networks and higher cognitive operations among high school
students who studied ecology. Paul J. Bischoff and O. R. Anderson.School Science and Mathematics,98: 228-237, 1998.

187.Development
of knowledge frameworks and higher order cognitive operations among secondary
school students who studied a unit on ecology. Paul J. Bischoff andO. R. Anderson.Journal of Biological Education.35:81-88, 2001.

188.Abundances
of protozoa in soil of laboratory-grown wheat plants cultivated under low and
high atmospheric CO2 concentrations.O. R. Anderson and K. Griffin,Protistology.2:76-84, 2001.

202.A model of
biocomplexity and its application to the analysis of some terrestrial and marsh
eukaryotic microbial communities with an emphasis on amoeboid protists.O. R. Anderson.Journal of Eukaryotic
Microbiology 50: 86-91, 2003.

226.A seasonal study of the carbon content
of planktonic naked amoebae in the Hudson Estuary and in a productive
freshwater pond with comparative data for ciliates.O. R. AndersonJ. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 54:388-391,2007.

263.From
Prescribed Curriculum to Classroom Practice: An Examination of the Implementation
of the New York State Earth Science Standards. J. Contino and O. R.
Anderson.Journal of Geological
Education. 61: 129-144, 2013.

265.Ultrastructure of Diplophrys parva, a New Small Freshwater Species, and a
Revised Analysis of Labyrinthulea (Heterokonta).O. R. Anderson and T. Cavalier-Smith.Acta Protozoologica. 51: 291-304, 2012.

272.Progress in Application of the
Neurosciences to an Understanding of Human Learning: The Challenge of Finding a
Middle-ground Neuroeducational Theory.O. R.Anderson. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 12:
475-492.(DOI) 10.1007/s10763-013-9455-3. 2014.

273.Survey of Bacterial and Heterotrophic
Nanoflagellate Densities and C-biomass Estimates Along an Alaskan Tundra
Transect with a Regression Analysis of Total Soil Respiration Predicted by
Bacterial Densities. O. R. Anderson.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.61:11-16, 2014.

6. TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES: An
Analysis of Biological Achievement in the U. S. A.Second International Science Study Monograph. International
Educational Assessment Project.1990.

138.Fine
structure of the marine amoeba Vexillifera telmathalassa collected from
a coastal site near Barbados with a description of salinity tolerance, feeding
behavior and prey.O. R.
Anderson.Journal of Eukaryotic
Microbiology.41:124-128, 1994.

168. A case study analysis of the development of
knowledge schema, ideational networks and higher cognitive operations among
high school students who studied ecology. Paul J. Bischoff and O. R.
Anderson.School Science and
Mathematics,98: 228-237,
1998.

187.Development of knowledge frameworks and higher order cognitive
operations among secondary school students who studied a unit on ecology. Paul
J. Bischoff andO. R.
Anderson.Journal of Biological
Education.35:81-88, 2001.

188.Abundances of protozoa in soil of laboratory-grown wheat plants
cultivated under low and high atmospheric CO2 concentrations.O. R. Anderson and K. Griffin,Protistology.2:76-84, 2001.

202.A model of biocomplexity and its application to the analysis of some
terrestrial and marsh eukaryotic microbial communities with an emphasis on
amoeboid protists.O. R.
Anderson.Journal of Eukaryotic
Microbiology 50: 86-91, 2003.

226.A seasonal study of the carbon content
of planktonic naked amoebae in the Hudson Estuary and in a productive
freshwater pond with comparative data for ciliates.O. R. AndersonJ. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 54:388-391,2007.

263.From Prescribed Curriculum to Classroom Practice: An Examination of the
Implementation of the New York State Earth Science Standards. J. Contino and O.
R. Anderson.Journal of Geological
Education. 61: 129-144, 2013.

265.Ultrastructure of Diplophrys
parva, a New Small
Freshwater Species, and a Revised Analysis of Labyrinthulea (Heterokonta).O. R. Anderson and T. Cavalier-Smith.Acta Protozoologica. 51: 291-304, 2012.

272.Progress in Application of the
Neurosciences to an Understanding of Human Learning: The Challenge of Finding a
Middle-ground Neuroeducational Theory.O. R.Anderson. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 12:
475-492.(DOI) 10.1007/s10763-013-9455-3. 2014.

273.Survey of Bacterial and
Heterotrophic Nanoflagellate Densities and C-biomass Estimates Along an Alaskan
Tundra Transect with a Regression Analysis of Total Soil Respiration Predicted
by Bacterial Densities. O. R. Anderson.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.61:11-16, 2014.

6. TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY IN THE
UNITED STATES: An Analysis of Biological Achievement in the U. S. A.Second International Science Study
Monograph. International Educational Assessment Project.1990.

An
Hierarchical-Network Model of Information Processing Applied to Science
Education Knowledge Acquisition.National Association for Research in Science Teaching.Athens GA.April, 1990.

Neurocognitive
Models of Information Processing, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
University, May 9, 1990.

Experimental
and Laboratory Studies of the Physiological Ecology of Radiolaria.Society of ProtozoologistsUniv. of Maryland,College Park,MD.June,
1990.

The
role of Protista in Marine Food Webs.National Association of Biology Teachers.Autumn meeting. Houston, TX. 1990.

An
Interdisciplinary Conceptual Framework and Taxonomy of Thanatological
Perspectives.Thanatological Society,
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia Univ.Feb. 13, 1991.

A
triphasic Model of the Teaching-Learning Environment Based on Constructivist
Principles.National Association
for Research in Science Teaching.Fontana, Wisconsin,April,
1991.

The
Effects of Text Composition on Student Organization of Science Content using a
Hierarchical-network Model of Analysis. National Association for Research in
Science Teaching.Fontana,
Wisconsin,April, 1991.

The
Effects of Silicate Deficiency and Replenishment on the Growth and Fine
Structure of the testate amoeba Netzelia
tuberculata.Northeastern
Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists.Hamden Conn.May, 1991.

A
Fine Structural Analysis of Developmental Stages During Transformation from
Sclerotium to Plasmodium in Physarum
polycephalum.Society of
Protozoologists.Bozeman, Montana,
June, 1991.

The
Effects of Cycloheximide on the Development of Physarum polycephalum During Reversion from Sclerotium to
Plasmodium.

Society
of Protozoologists.University of
British Columbia, VanCouver, B.C.July, 1992.

Secondary
School Students’ Preferences and Gender Differences in Evaluating Laboratory
Learning Experiences in a Museum School. Annual Meeting of the National
Association for Research in Science Teaching.March, 1999, Boston, MA.

Domain
Specific and General Dimensions of the Nature of Science: Issues Pertinent to Assessmentin Science Education.O. R. Anderson.National Association for Research in
Science Teaching.New Orleans, LA,
April, 2000.

Presence
and Enumeration of Viral-like Particles in Aureococcus
anophogefferens during a brown-tide bloom in Barnegat Bay, N. J.M. D. Gastrich and O. R. Anderson
Society of Protozoologists and American Society of Parasitologists.San Juan, Puerto Rico.June, 2000.

Major Protistan Composition of a Brown
Tide Bloom in Barnegat Bay, N. J. During the Summer of 1999.O. R. Anderson and M. D. Gastrich.Society of Protozoologists and American
Society of Parasitologists.San
Juan, Puerto Rico.June, 2000.

A
Biocomplexity Model of Protistan Communities in Soils and Marsh Substrata with
an Emphasis on the Sarcodines. Society of Protozoologists,Eastern Section Annual Meeting.Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.May 7-9, 2002.

Biotic Complexity, Niche Theory, and the Role of Stress in
Eukaryotic Microbial Community Structure - A Focus on Amoeboid Protists.
Society of Protozoologists,Eastern Section Annual Meeting. University of Maryland, Baltimore, June
6—8, 2003.

Experimental Studies of the Relative
Effects of Leaf Litter from Four Hardwood Trees on Protozoan Community
Productivity.Annual Meeting of
the Society of Protozoologists.Bryant College, Rhode Island.June 2-6, 2004.

The Role of amoeboid protists and the
microbial community in moss-rich terrestrial ecosystems: Biogeochemical
implications for the carbon budget and carbon cycle, especially at higher
latitudes.International Society
of Protistologists, Annual Meeting, Kingston, R. I.August, 2007.

Field and
Laboratory Studies of Encysted and Trophic stages of Naked Amoebae: Including a
Perspective on Population Life Cycle Dynamics. International Society of Protistologists.
Roger Williams University, Rhode Island.Spring, 2009.